ect with mods
ect with mods
i have been driving with my ect all afternoon and i have notice that the car runs very smooth but is it safe to drive with this on all the time cause i am considering it i just like the way it feels with the small mods i have ont he car feels like a beast comming outta a stock beast
i wanted to get a tune up on friday my check was short cause i had to go to jail so is comming on my next check then i am getting my tranny oil change i just hit 134k in my 93
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From: Lake Ray Hubbard
The only time I turn it off is when the orange fuel light comes on(since my needle is dead) and I'm not near a preferred gas station. IMO the car should have been this way permanently from the factory, with the button being for "winter/snow" mode. I love the way that it downshifts more quickly and holds the gears longer before upshifting. It's as close as I can get to a manual with the current slushbox, so I milk it for all it's worth. Never had any problems, and you shouldn't either as long as your car is properly maintained as it was recommended earlier.
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From: Lake Ray Hubbard
Really depends on how heavy your foot is. I get about 250 miles for 1/2 a tank if i drive like a relatively sane person, and 210-215ish (once as low as 188) if I don't reign myself in(with the ECT on). I don't feel like going back to receipts more than a year old to find out my mileage when I wasn't using ECT(about the 1st 6 months I owned the car).
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Really depends on how heavy your foot is. I get about 250 miles for 1/2 a tank if i drive like a relatively sane person, and 210-215ish (once as low as 188) if I don't reign myself in(with the ECT on). I don't feel like going back to receipts more than a year old to find out my mileage when I wasn't using ECT(about the 1st 6 months I owned the car).
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From: Lake Ray Hubbard
) no sitting in traffic. Once I obtain a speed, I can usually maintain it until I get off. I hate driving in dallas during the day. I want to murder someone when I have to. I have a 300. Nothing special done to it. regular synthetic oil changes. regularly change the air filter. sythetic tranny and diff fluid. bosch platinum 2 plugs. wires are still the same ones that came on the car. I'll change those when I get around to the distributor cap & rotor, which will be about the same time i put in the new radiator that's been sitting in my foyer for a month 
I keep as much stuff out of my car as possible, which includes the spare & jack. I rarely have passengers(you can FEEL the difference when you do). I rarely use the AC(most of my travel is early morning and much later in the day, so it's cooler). I check and adjust my tire pressure whenever I get gas(2x a week, Chevron and Quik Trip have free air, but Exxon charges, but I rarely go there). That's it. I don't drive like a granny(my lawyer can attest to that - if anyone in the dallas area needs a referral, hit me up, I've got 2 really good ones 
) and there's nothing particularly special, just a combination of factors I guess. Oh, to answer your other question, I always leave the ECT on. The only time it gets turned off is if if I'm not near one of the three above mentioned gas stations when the fuel light comes on, but between them, they're pretty much everywhere.
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Almost all of my driving is on the highway - 98%, and I travel off-hours so there's (usually - unless TXDOT is f'ng up another road ) no sitting in traffic. Once I obtain a speed, I can usually maintain it until I get off. I hate driving in dallas during the day. I want to murder someone when I have to. I have a 300. Nothing special done to it. regular synthetic oil changes. regularly change the air filter. sythetic tranny and diff fluid. bosch platinum 2 plugs. wires are still the same ones that came on the car. I'll change those when I get around to the distributor cap & rotor, which will be about the same time i put in the new radiator that's been sitting in my foyer for a month I keep as much stuff out of my car as possible, which includes the spare & jack. I rarely have passengers(you can FEEL the difference when you do). I rarely use the AC(most of my travel is early morning and much later in the day, so it's cooler). I check and adjust my tire pressure whenever I get gas(2x a week, Chevron and Quik Trip have free air, but Exxon charges, but I rarely go there). That's it. I don't drive like a granny(my lawyer can attest to that - if anyone in the dallas area needs a referral, hit me up, I've got 2 really good ones ) and there's nothing particularly special, just a combination of factors I guess. Oh, to answer your other question, I always leave the ECT on. The only time it gets turned off is if if I'm not near one of the three above mentioned gas stations when the fuel light comes on, but between them, they're pretty much everywhere.
) no sitting in traffic. Once I obtain a speed, I can usually maintain it until I get off. I hate driving in dallas during the day. I want to murder someone when I have to. I have a 300. Nothing special done to it. regular synthetic oil changes. regularly change the air filter. sythetic tranny and diff fluid. bosch platinum 2 plugs. wires are still the same ones that came on the car. I'll change those when I get around to the distributor cap & rotor, which will be about the same time i put in the new radiator that's been sitting in my foyer for a month I keep as much stuff out of my car as possible, which includes the spare & jack. I rarely have passengers(you can FEEL the difference when you do). I rarely use the AC(most of my travel is early morning and much later in the day, so it's cooler). I check and adjust my tire pressure whenever I get gas(2x a week, Chevron and Quik Trip have free air, but Exxon charges, but I rarely go there). That's it. I don't drive like a granny(my lawyer can attest to that - if anyone in the dallas area needs a referral, hit me up, I've got 2 really good ones ) and there's nothing particularly special, just a combination of factors I guess. Oh, to answer your other question, I always leave the ECT on. The only time it gets turned off is if if I'm not near one of the three above mentioned gas stations when the fuel light comes on, but between them, they're pretty much everywhere.Gotcha... that makes sense then. So you have a 5spd sc300 or an auto? I get about 19 mpg with stop and go constantly. I'm only on the highway for about 1/2 of a mile. Im about to yank my AC though i never use it and could use the power gain and stop draining power from my engine.